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Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne Vol. I
by The Duke of Manchester (ed)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hurst and Blackett, 1864. Hardcover. Good. 1864. No Edition Remarks. 405 pages. ...to Anne Vol. I. Half bound in leather with marbled paper covered boards. Ex Libris plate of Helen and Michael Oppenheimer to front pastedown. Rough-cut pages. Rebound. Minor thumb marking, foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges and free endpapers. Light cracking to hinges but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild chipping, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1711551663BDB
- Title
- Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne Vol. I
- Author
- The Duke of Manchester (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hurst and Blackett
- Date Published
- 1864
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Half Bound
- ...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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